CONVERSION OF EXISTING LOCALLY APPROVED CERTIFICATES (8 to less than 18 UNITS) TO CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE APPROVED CERTIFICATES
Due to recent changes to the Ed Code all certificates of 16 or more units must be approved by the Chancellor’s Office. Colleges may request Chancellor’s Office approval for 8 to less than 16 unit certificates.
Note: If you are submitting a request for a previously existing, locally approved, 8 to less than 18 unit certificate, you will receive an abbreviated Labor Market Information Report that includes demand, supply and gap data. Proposals for new certificates, regardless of the number of units, will receive the more comprehensive labor market report.
Any CTE credit certificate that is 16 or more units requires review by the regional consortium and Chancellor's Office approval.
The threshold was recently reduced from 18 to 16. In addition the threshold at which colleges may request Chancellor's Office approval was lowered to 8 units. Here's the citation to Title 5 which reflects the lowered thresholds.
The requirement for review by the regional consortia is spelled out in section 55130 of Title 5 and is further detailed in the Program & Course Approval Handbook on page 85 and in other places.
Noncredit certificates do not at this time require review by the consortium. It is possible that, at some point in the future, CTE noncredit certificates will require regional review, but that is not the case right now.
We have set up an expedited LMI process for previously existing locally approved certificates in the range of 8 to <18 units.
Any CTE credit certificate that is 16 or more units requires review by the regional consortium and Chancellor's Office approval.
The threshold was recently reduced from 18 to 16. In addition the threshold at which colleges may request Chancellor's Office approval was lowered to 8 units. Here's the citation to Title 5 which reflects the lowered thresholds?
The requirement for review by the regional consortia is spelled out in section 55130 of Title 5 and is further detailed in the Program & Course Approval Handbook on page 85 and in other places.
Noncredit certificates do not at this time require review by the consortium. It is possible that, at some point in the future, CTE noncredit certificates will require regional review, but that is not the case right now.
